On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:41:25 GMT, Jim Kelly wrote:

There are no U-joints

~ snippage ~

Along the propeller shaft? I mean, I have never owned an inboard or
an i/o (other than the Chris*Craft I'm salvaging) so I don't know.

It would seem to me that a direct connection to the engine/tranny
combination without having a U-joint of some sort to help absorb
vibration wouldn't be a good design.

How else with the type of transmission you described, would you
develop a clunk? Prop loose maybe?

Just trying to learn. ;)

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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